Storage Engineer with Security Clearance

Empower AI is AI for government. Empower AI gives federal agency leaders the tools to elevate the potential of their workforce with a direct path for meaningful transformation. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Empower AI leverages three decades of experience solving complex challenges in Health, Defense, and Civilian missions. Our proven Empower AI Platform® provides a practical, sustainable path for clients to achieve transformation that is true to who they are, what they do, how they work, with the resources they have.

The result is a government workforce that is exponentially more creative and productive. For more information, visit www. Empower.ai. Empower AI is proud to be recognized as a 2024 Military Friendly Employer by Viqtory, the publisher of G.I. Jobs. This designation reflects the company’s commitment to hiring and supporting active-duty and veteran employees. Responsibilities We have an exciting opportunity at the Department of State!

The Storage Engineer provides infrastructure support for CA servers, storage platforms, systems, networking equipment, and hosted systems at DoS facilities both domestically and overseas.

Responsibilities

• You will be part of the customer Infrastructure Support Team.
• You will be required to deliver comprehensive technical support for all customer global infrastructure, including coordination with Post local IT staff and cloud service providers.
• As the Storage Engineer you will support global enterprise storage solutions, including block, object, and network-attached storage (NAS) and Storage Area Networks (SAN) environments across multi-petabyte environments.
• You will execute transitions to hybrid or multi-cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) to improve scalability, efficiency, and compliance with DoS policies.
• You will maintain security, load balancing, and Oracle appliances (e.g., Exadata, ZDLRA), ensuring correct patch levels and configuration.
• You are also responsible for monitoring and maintaining the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) environment, ensuring optimal integration and performance.
• You will also support infrastructure audits, security assessments, and compliance reporting, including system baseline validation. Qualifications EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE The following are the education and experience required for this position:
• 7+ years
• Bachelor's in IT or related field
• NetApp or Dell EMC storage certification
• Secret Security Clearance  PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:
• Comp TIA Sec+, ITIL 4 Foundation Certification(s) 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: This position requires the ability to perform the below essential functions:    *

• Sitting for long periods
• Standing for long periods
• Ambulate throughout an office
• Ambulate between several buildings
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl as required
• Repeatedly lift and carry weight up to 40 pounds
• Travel by land or air transportation up to 10%